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602 BIOGRAPHY AND REMINISCENCES.<br />
until IS!, when he came to Bradford. In 1852 he settled at Riverside,<br />
Calitornia. I-Ie had a fi~l~ily of nine cliildren, six of ~rllom are<br />
living, nirznely : Mary, wife of Otis Dyer, of Rirersicle, Cal.; Joseph E.,<br />
Frank L., Juclson, Nellie E., awl Bayard, of T,os ~lngeles, Cnl. Joseph<br />
E. Weecl spent his younger years attencling school and ~vorking in the<br />
shop with his father. In the spring of 1864 Ile enlisted in Company E,<br />
33d <strong>Illinois</strong> Volunteer Infantry, and was mustelaed oat its corpora1 at<br />
dpringfielcl in Decenlbei*, 1Sf;tj. Returning to Neponset 11e learned the<br />
blacksmith trade. IIe urns ~narriecl in September, 1874, to Mary Catea,<br />
n ntitjve of <strong>Illinois</strong>, whose parents enme froni Englancl. After his<br />
marriage lle was engagecl in tlie sewing inacliine 1)usiness. In IS79<br />
moved to Bratlfortl tint1 enpgetl in the blncltsniitll tmcle. To Mr. ;mtl<br />
Mrs. Weed four cllilcll.en were born, Tl~omas, Emm;~ G., Nelson G. ant1<br />
George E.. the three first ~l;,,lnerl attencllng suhool. IIe is 2~ uleuil)er of<br />
Diclierson Post. In politics 11e is 1Cepal)l~can ; is not a lnelllber of' itny<br />
cllurcl~, bat lends his support to the Baptist c21urch. r\iIrs. TYeecl is ;L<br />
nleniber of the 3letliod ist society.<br />
I'TTu.sh,iryto~~ IT'hite, \rho openetl n clothing house i~t Braclforcl in<br />
1371, ancl sold to 11. P. IIopltins L! Co. in 18'72, is now a resiclent of<br />
13ushforcl N. Y.<br />
ATcno~ai IlYlcos, holm in Vermont in I S13, ~~l:wriecl W111. TViicos in<br />
1836, cliecl near L;r.aclfc~rcl, April IS, lSS3. 11er 1lnsb;mti (lied here, agecl<br />
74 yeaias, April 22, 1883.<br />
phI~ri T.l'insZou, :~11 old settler of U1*atlf'orcl. clietl in &lay, 1882, awcl<br />
73gears. IIe was anative of Maine, c;laile to Blndfonl about 1&i,<br />
ancl inovetl to Geneva, Ill., in IS'75.<br />
C'c~lvin I,fi7~slo~o, 1)ol.n February 21, 1SO, was the son of Shnljel TV.,<br />
born Septeniber 20. 1755, wl~o (lied in 1831, and l)~*othe~ of Lntller W.,<br />
born February 98, 1782, wllo tliecl in 1753. The fi~~llily is traced 1):~ck<br />
to Kenehn, born at Droitoitch, Englancl, in 1399, wlio clietl in 167'3, to<br />
his son lienelli~, born al)otlt 1637, cliecl in 1115, to his gr:~n(lson Sainuel<br />
IV., born about 1674, and to T1101~ias W., born .Tune '7, 1711, \I-110 cliecl<br />
in 1782 - tl~e ftttl~er of Dl.. Sl~ubel W. \Vinslo\\~. The nmlie is on the<br />
roll of ~bioneers uE this county, and meets ivith ve1.y ft~ir tl.e:~tlllent in<br />
the general as \re11 as in the to~rnsl~ip llistory.
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